Dr. Barker observes children and rates them on a scale according to how frustrated they get when they cannot get what they want, at how they react when they are overstimulated by too much activity in their environment, and how easily they are comforted by their parent when they are upset. The scale that Dr. Barker is using would best be considered a measure of which of Mary Rothbart's basic dimensions of temperament?

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These descriptors pertain to Rothbart's dimension of negative affectivity. Difficulty is not one of Rothbart's basic dimensions of temperament, but rather is a term used by Thomas and Chess to describe one of three basic styles of temperament.
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Dr Barker Observes Children and Rates Them on a Scale